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Staff Sgt. Dwayne Williams, a 28-year-old native of Baltimore, observes as Sgt. Bryan E. Carter, a 23-year-old native of Pleasant Hill, Iowa, operates a robot while the two respond to a reported improvised explosive device in Habbaniyah, Iraq, July 29, 2006. Williams serves as the team leader while Carter specializes in robotics for the explosive ordnance disposal team in support of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment. The four man team, three Marines and one Navy corpsman, have had their hands full since arriving in April having responded to over 250 possible IEDs and other reported incidents; well over 100 of those calls have occurred since June.